Waist-belt.



PATENTED AUG. 1e, 1904.

` WpHARTUNG. WAISTBELTr ArrLloA'x'Ion FILED snPT. 12, 1902.

,N0 MODEL.

@ATTORNEY I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'V

Patented August 16, 1904.

vWARNER HARTUNG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORLTO HENRY J.

GAISMAN AND FERDINAND S. M. BLUN, OF NEINT YORK, N. Y.

wAlsT-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,941, dated August16, 1904. Application filed September 12, 1902. Serial No. 123,082. (Nomodel.)

T all whom, 721 711,01/ (5071/067712:

Be it known that I, WARNER HARTUNG, a

citizen of the United States, and a residentl of New York city, boroughof Brooklyn, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin VVaist-Belts, of which the following is aspeciflcation.

My invention relates to improvements in the class of waist-belts thathave a plurality of strap-like parts movably connected together, and incarrying outimy invention I connect'the strap-like parts together byhingey joints, and the ends of the belt are provided with means forconnecting the belt around a waist. v A

The invention further contemplates the novel details of improvementthat-will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had t'o the accompanying drawings, forming parthereof, wherein- Figureilis a face View of a waist-belt embodyingmyinve'ntion. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail -view of the hinge-jointbetween two of the strap-like parts. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 8 3in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a'detailview of the hinge-joint. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2, showingmeans for maintaining the edges of the straps in proper relation at thehinged ends. Fig. 5 is an edge view in section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig.2, showing a modiiied arrangement of the hinge connecting the strap-likeparts; and

Fig.7 is a section on the line 7 7 in Fig. 6.

looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar numerals of reference indicate'corresponding parts inthe'several views.

In the drawings the numerals l 2 3 indicate the main or strap-like partsof a waist-belt,

- which are connected together at their adjacent ends by hinges. Y g YIn Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive,the tongues or members 1u 2iL 3 of the hingesare made integral with the strap-like parts 1 2 3, respectively,, byproperly cutting the straps and'.

folding the tongues back upon the straps and securing them thereto, asby stitches, to form eyes, as l-b, to receive the pin 4. (See Fig. 3.)As shown in Fig. 3, I cut slots or openings lc near the end of the strapand fold the end lpart l back upon the straps to form the tonguesand-eyes for the pin 4. As shown, the strap-like parts are connectedtogether by intermeshing the several tongues at the adjacent ends of thestraps and passing the pins 4 through the eyes.

As shown in the drawings, tongues l 2 38L are located at one corner of astrap; but at the adjacent corner of the same strap there'is no tongue,so that when the straps are made of such pliable material as leatherconsiderable play may take place between such end of the strap andtheadjacent tongue of the next strap. To reduce such liability, I haveshown in Figs. 4, and 5 a rigid or non-elastic connectionbetween the endof the strap and the pin 4, and the arrangement shown consists of a wire5, coiled around the pin 4 and firmly connected to the adjacent strap.4(See Figs. 4 and 5.) The wire 5 is shown bent toward the strap andpassed between the lapping or folded parts that form'the part of thehingejoint, and the wire may be secured in place by the stitches 6,thatY hold the parts together at the hinge, or otherwise. The eye of thecoil of wire 5 may swing on the pin 4, and the wire 5 serves tohold theadjacent edge of the strap in proper'alinement with the pin 4.

Instead of having the tongues of the hinges made integral with thestraps l 2 3, the hinges may be made separately, as shown at 7 in Figs.6 and 7, and secured to the adjacent ends of the straps 1 2 3, as bystitches or the like, and when such hinges are made of pliable material,su'ch as leather, the wire connections 5 may also be utilized.

The belt constructed as described is provided with means for connectingits ends together around a waist, such as a buckle 8 at one end. of thebelt and holes at the opposite end, or in any other well-known manner.

The belt described will be found ldesirable in that the hinge-jointprovides al strong connection between the strap-like parts and permitsthe belt to adjust itseltl properly in posi tion around a Waist, and thedevice is also simple to manufacture and strong in use.

1 While I have shown three strap-like parts composing the main portionsof the belt., it is evident that one or more strap-like parts may beused and connected together as described.

Having now described my invention,v what I claim isl. A Waist-beltcomprising a plurality of strap-like parts provided with tongues madeintegral therewith at adjacent ends, forming eyes, the tongues atadjacent ends of the straps being intermeshed and their eyes valined, apin passing through said eyes and connecting adjacent tongues together,and means for connecting the ends of the belt together around a Waist,substantially as described.

2. A Waist-belt comprising a plurality of strap-like parts provided neartheir adjacent ends with slots providing tongues, the material ofthestraps beyond the slots being folded backwardly upon itself formingeyes, the tongues being` interlneshed and the eyes alined` a pinconnecting the corresimnding eyes ot' adjacent straps together, andmeans for connecting the ends of the belt together around a Waist,substantially as described.

3. A waist-belt comprising a plurality ot strap-like parts connectedtogether by a hingejoint, and a non-elastic connection between the hingeand the adjacent edge of a strap-like part, substantially as described.

4. A Waist-belt comprising a plurality oi strap-like parts connectedtogether by a hingejoint, and a Wire having one end connected with thepin of the hinge and the other end connected with the adjacent end ot' astrap.y substantially as described.

TARNER HARTUNG VVitn esses:

SIMON WEIL, EDWARD S. LUCAS.

